Holder for pencils, crayons, and the like



00mm FOR PENCILS, cRAYous, AND THE LIKE Filed August 24 1925' Fig.1 1

I fnvenior: k4. g w fur Patented Sept. 21, 1926.

MAX 1.7 NoRnMANn, on MUNICH, GERMANY.

1,500,903 ECE;

HOLDER non PnNorLs, cRAYonsnirn THE LIKE.

Application filed August 24, 1925, Serial No.

This invention relates to a holder for pencils, crayons and the likeprovided with a sharpening device, point protector and dust collector.The new holder can be veryprofitably used for soft, dust-producingpencils and crayons etc. and for all other kinds whether they arecovered by some material or whether they consist of bare lead, chalketc. without any covering. Furthermore, the holder can be used for allsizes of pencils and crayons and the like as its internal mechanism isarranged so as to be adapted to several sizes of pencils etc. whileprovisions have been made. to employ a special socket for holding verythin pencils etc.

The superior features of my new holder are quite numerous as itrepresents a combination of a sharpening device, point protector, dustcollector and pencil etc. holder. The new holder makes it possible tosave alot of time which is otherwise wasted on sharpening and permitsthe sharpening of the point with one hand. This sharpening takes placeby moving the hand during a period of rest when engaged in writing.

All existing types of holders and sharpeners suffer from the drawbackthat the point is either not sharp enough or breaks off all the timewhile my new holder never fails in producing a fine sharp point. This isdue to the fact that the pencil or crayon is not held by a specialholding device within the shell and is not sharpened by a specialsharpening device as in the usual kinds of holders but that grippingjaws have been arranged within the shell for the purpose of sharpeningthe point and holding the pencil and the like in position atthe sametime. To fulfill their purpose, these gripping jaws have been designedto act as cutting and sharpening surfaces as" well as clamps. To ensuresteady sharpening and guiding of the pencil of the like within theshell, these gripping jaws have been 'ar-' ranged in pairs and providedwith cutting and sharpening surfaces which, without representing astraight line, produce the conical point and which execute partly ascraping and partly a cutting movement during the sharpening processwhile simultaneously guiding and gripping the pencil or the like. Thisarrangement in pairs enables the user of the holder to sharpen the pointof a pencil, crayon and the like by' giving the shella few turns by thethumb and middle finger of the writing hand as 52,161, and in GermanySeptember 1, 1924;

sharpen the point, the pencilor the like 1s held with the little fingerof the writing hand the palm and fixed by adjusting the grlpplngjawswhich serve for guiding and sharpening it by means of a cover resemblinga stuffing box and being inserted in the shell. This coverseals at thesame time the inside ofthe'holder' while the latter is employed forwriting, so that the; dust and shavings produced by sharpening cannotdro on the paper.

One ormof the invention is illustrated 1n the accompanying drawing, inwhich Fig.

1 is an outside View of the new. holder; Fig.

with the gripping jaws inside the shell in cutting position, the linerunning ,infront of the jaws; Fig. 3a longitudinal section of the shell,the gripping jaws holding the pencil which is freely suspendedwithin the2, a longitudinal section of the entire holder 7 shell; Fig. 4, a crosssection .on the line AB, Fig. 3; and Fig. 5, a longitudinal section onthe line OD, Fig. 1. 1

The most essential part of the holder is the shell 1, provided withrecesses 2 and bores 3. 4 are two gripping jaws fitted in front with twocutting edges 5 each and resting with their middle portions 6 and 7 inthe bores 3 where they are heldby spring action, so that they canoscillate only about the axis ww (Figs. 4 and 5). These gripping jaws 4are equipped with the four gripping points 8 which grip the pencil} or Icrayon at any position of the jaws and which keep it steady and guideit.In the modification shown here the pencil 9 rests in a special socket 10which, together with the pencil it holds, can be shifted in thedirection of the longitudinal axis of the pencil. If the latter is thickenough, the socket 10 may be dispensed with. The jaws 4 are furtherprovided with the indentations 11- which raise andlower them whilepassing over the conical surface and which, as shown in Fig. 4, envelopa larger part of the pencils circumference with their catches I 12.. Thegripping jaws are finally equipped" with ends 13 which contribute theirshare towards a safe guiding of the pencil or the like.

14 are springs firmly secured to the I inside of the shell 1, whose freeelastic" ends d springs 14 and apply pressure to the jaws 4: in order tokeep 'them continually closed according to Fig. 2.

of the inside of the shell when the socket 10 or the pencil 9 are pulledout. The internal conical surfaceof the annular end 16 of this cover"15' applies pressure to the supplements their action in suoh a waythat,- by inserting the cover 15 in the shell 'l, t-he springs 7-14- arecaused to rest firmly on the jaws 4 which in turn-are thus caused, torest firm-1y on the pencil 9.

13y pulling out the cover lo-the springs are released and the jawsEhWltll them soasto permit longitudinal shifting of the pencil.

The holder functions as follows: to sharpen a pencil or the like, theshell 1 is held between the thumb andmi'ddle finger of the writing handWhile the index finger shifts I the cover 15' and thus adjusts the jawsit. The o rear end-of the penciliit'self is f lid {held in the plalm-by}the=little fi nger. 14% the shell and cover are -turn'ed,-the}-pencil is sharpened, providedit'is in the position indicated inFig. 2. After sharpening the '15jand the pencil are pushed forward bythe forefinger, sothat-the jaws 4 occupy the position shown inv .3 and{their grip-- p ng :points 8 rest on the penc l or socket. The pencilcan then he moved forward at will either with or Without its socket,

whereupon the cover is pushed slightly back int the she lian the pos ofthe pencil finally fiked, so that it is ready for writing. T-hesinsieleof the holder is tightly shut off in this position by the felt ring 18which closely enve'lops the pencil or socket.

I elai'1n-:. 1. A holder for pencils crayons and the like provided witha "sharpening device, point protector and dust eollectoiuchaigacrterized by gripping jaws arranged within -tlie shellsof the holder, thesaid aws (carryanger-1 pairs cutting edges and gr pping points andresting with their middle portions in bores of the said'shell.

A holder "for pencils, crayons and-the 7 like provided with a sharpening.ClGfi ICQ, I point protector andxlust collectoricha tacter-i zed byfacover, inserted in the shellof the said-holder andt-he said coverhei-ngrproivided with a passage for theipencil and the likeand having afelt and an annular end with an internal. conical surface to ad ust-thegripping qawsof the penciland the like. 7 v

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. I r 7 MAX I. .ieonniaiins

